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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Barbara believe she is the most qualified to tell Sheba's story?
(a) She believes she has been Sheba's closest confidant and has witnessed the affair first-hand.
(b) Barbara has been friends with Richard for over twenty years and knows the details of their marriage intimately.
(c) She knows Steven personally and has watched him grow up.
(d) She is actually Barbara's half-sister.

2. Why does seeing Sheba with Sue Hodges bother Barbara in Chapter 2?
(a) Sue was a bully to the other teachers.
(b) Sue and Barbara had once been close friends but Sue had rejected Barbara.
(c) Sue had been involved in many affairs at school.
(d) Barbara thinks Sue to be very boring and it reminded her of her lost friendship with Jennifer.

3. What does Elaine Clifford tell the other teachers about Sheba's teaching?
(a) She is an excellent pottery teacher.
(b) She curses at the students.
(c) She throws things at the students.
(d) She has raised test scores in all of her classes already.

4. What happens between the two female students that Sheba is supervising in Chapter 2?
(a) They get into a fight.
(b) They throw food at Sheba.
(c) They sneak out of class.
(d) They are caught smoking.

5. How does Barbara first notice Sheba's beauty?
(a) By watching Sheba brush her hair.
(b) By listening to what Bangs was saying about Sheba.
(c) By seeing the male students follow Sheba.
(d) By watching Bill interact with Sheba.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sheba's affair considered so scandalous?

2. How long have Barbara and Sheba known each other at the end of the foreword?

3. Why does Sheba's son attend a private school?

4. For what is Sheba's father famous?

5. What do the students call the Homework Club, as described in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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